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Michael J. Putnam E-Mail: [email protected] 2142 Frank Bruce Road, Dawson County GA 30534 Residence: (678) 873-2834 © 706-525-0481 Qualifications Profile Proven Business / Plant Manager with decades of experience, natural leader with well-developed management skills ranging from multi-operational areas to automated information and revenue control systems. I have managed up to 200 employees & management involved in all aspects of food production & handling including purchasing, inventory control, assembly, processing, packaging, production, quality, planning, presentation, and transportation, logistics, costing and Marketing / Customer Service. In addition, I have working knowledge of administrative areas that include human resources, financial controls and full P&L accountability. Seasoned team based leader with exceptional food & beverage industry knowledge. Career Profile Diamond Crystal Brands Duluth Georgia May 2008 Present Employed by Diamond Crystal Brands LLC following private equity sale of Hormel’s Diamond Crystal Brands five operating units in Georgia (3), Iowa and California, reporting directly to DCB COO of Operations now a wholly owned company of Peak Rock Capital Plant Manager July 2008 Present Employed by Diamond Crystal Brands reporting directly to VP of Operations for $600m subsidiary of Hormel Foods. Transitioned mainline liquid portion control tier 3 bid business to Branded / Value Added liquid portion business that included national labels such as; Kraft, McDonalds, IHOP, Skippy, Dietz & Watson, Krystals, Braum’s, Lenny’s, Lions Choice, Waffle House, Starbucks.. Operated low acid foods manufacturing plant to support goal of increasing liquid portion packaging market share to $100m. Implemented & maintained employee education system to meet 7 exceed Hormel Safety Excellence goals three years running. Transitioned Quality program from AIB to SQF level 3 within one year deadline. Maintaining passing score of 95%. Start up Bottling Line for new branded Hormel Health Labs wellness products. (Healthy ShotTM) Transitioned & integrated Financial, Administrative, Materials, and Customer Service operating systems. Retained all key accounts during transition while supporting tier 3 sales staff to continue sales growth to 30m annually Developed Peanut Butter manufacturing & packaging to $6 Million annually to include Hormel Acquisition of (SkippyTM) Brand products. Developed Contract Packing Division to obtain long term Government MRE contracts $5 million, consistently growing business by developing new products for military use. Extended partnership and bid awards over 10 years . Provided Oversight for the planning and installation several key regulatory compliance and remediation projects including local, federal and state agencies to meet Environmental Sustainability, Safety and Regulatory goals and objectives. Provided leadership and representation for all local, state and federal regulatory affairs. Boca Grande Foods /Modern Packaging Duluth Georgia July 2002June 2008 Operations / Business Manager Engaged by owners to facilitate sale of company in 2007. Successfully served as senior adviser to Breckenridge Group in the financial transaction that resulted in the acquisition of Boca Grande Foods by Hormel Foods through its wholly owned subsidiary Diamond Crystal Brands. Responsible for overall operations of $25 m. Portion packaging food condiment plant. Operations included Management staff for Processing & Packaging, Sanitation, Quality, Maintenance & Engineering, Shipping & Receiving, Purchasing and Materials. Engaged as Supervisor and proceeded to work through various assignments / promotions including Customer Service, Project Manager, Quality Control Manager, Shift Manager, and Account Manager. Promoted to Plant Manager March 2004. Recruited and Developed 20 person Management team through five years of increased revenues and profitability. Maintained low employee (2%) turnover improved retention while reducing labor cost to 12.8%. Improved inventory accuracy and reduced inventory dollars by 14%. Reduced Cost of Goods 4.5%. Earned consistent Quality Superior ratings and scores from AIB audits, FDA, USDA, GDA, Vetcom regulatory agencies. Designed & Implemented Quality Systems Program to meet military QAP / ISO9000 standard. Successfully bid, awarded and started contract packing for US military to supply all MRE jelly / sauces. Improved production and machine efficiencies by standardizing production lines and eliminating changeovers. Managed yearly capital improvement projects exceeding $500k. Provided product pricing formulas and databases with historical labor, overhead and material costing. Established new product development / costing process resulting in increased revenues for contract and private label packing. CARDUSA, Inc. November 2001 March 2002 Consultant- Operations Manager Encoding Facility Hallandale, FL Engaged by company owner to design and start-up new production facility engaged in the process of encoding plastic telephone cards for distribution throughout USA. Hired & developed 70 management & employee operating team, designed & implemented production flow resulting in over 1m cards encoded & delivered for customer by deadline, reduced labor costs through process improvements to beat cost per card target. Also created management organization to operate facility independently with minimal overhead costs. Documented complete Standard Operating Procedures providing methods & standards for each operating area.

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Michael J. Putnam E-Mail: [email protected]

2142 Frank Bruce Road, Dawson County GA 30534 Residence: (678) 873-2834 © 706-525-0481

Qualifications Profile

Proven Business / Plant Manager with decades of experience, natural leader with well-developed management

skills ranging from multi-operational areas to automated information and revenue control systems.

I have managed up to 200 employees & management involved in all aspects of food production & handling

including purchasing, inventory control, assembly, processing, packaging, production, quality, planning,

presentation, and transportation, logistics, costing and Marketing / Customer Service. In addition, I have

working knowledge of administrative areas that include human resources, financial controls and full P&L

accountability. Seasoned team based leader with exceptional food & beverage industry knowledge.

Career Profile

Diamond Crystal Brands Duluth Georgia May 2008 – Present Employed by Diamond Crystal Brands LLC following private equity sale of Hormel’s Diamond Crystal Brands five operating units in

Georgia (3), Iowa and California, reporting directly to DCB COO of Operations now a wholly owned company of Peak Rock Capital

Plant Manager July 2008 – Present

Employed by Diamond Crystal Brands reporting directly to VP of Operations for $600m subsidiary of Hormel Foods.

Transitioned mainline liquid portion control tier 3 bid business to Branded / Value Added liquid portion business that included national

labels such as; Kraft, McDonalds, IHOP, Skippy, Dietz & Watson, Krystals, Braum’s, Lenny’s, Lions Choice, Waffle House, Starbucks..

Operated low acid foods manufacturing plant to support goal of increasing liquid portion packaging market share to $100m.

Implemented & maintained employee education system to meet 7 exceed Hormel Safety Excellence goals three years running.

Transitioned Quality program from AIB to SQF level 3 within one year deadline. Maintaining passing score of 95%.

Start up Bottling Line for new branded Hormel Health Labs wellness products. (Healthy ShotTM)

Transitioned & integrated Financial, Administrative, Materials, and Customer Service operating systems.

Retained all key accounts during transition while supporting tier 3 sales staff to continue sales growth to 30m annually

Developed Peanut Butter manufacturing & packaging to $6 Million annually to include Hormel Acquisition of (SkippyTM) Brand products.

Developed Contract Packing Division to obtain long term Government MRE contracts $5 million, consistently growing business by

developing new products for military use. Extended partnership and bid awards over 10 years .

Provided Oversight for the planning and installation several key regulatory compliance and remediation projects including local, federal

and state agencies to meet Environmental Sustainability, Safety and Regulatory goals and objectives.

Provided leadership and representation for all local, state and federal regulatory affairs.

Boca Grande Foods /Modern Packaging Duluth Georgia July 2002–June 2008 Operations / Business Manager

Engaged by owners to facilitate sale of company in 2007. Successfully served as senior adviser to Breckenridge Group in the financial

transaction that resulted in the acquisition of Boca Grande Foods by Hormel Foods through its wholly owned subsidiary Diamond

Crystal Brands.

Responsible for overall operations of $25 m. Portion packaging food condiment plant. Operations included Management staff for

Processing & Packaging, Sanitation, Quality, Maintenance & Engineering, Shipping & Receiving, Purchasing and Materials.

Engaged as Supervisor and proceeded to work through various assignments / promotions including Customer Service, Project Manager,

Quality Control Manager, Shift Manager, and Account Manager. Promoted to Plant Manager March 2004.

Recruited and Developed 20 person Management team through five years of increased revenues and profitability.

Maintained low employee (2%) turnover improved retention while reducing labor cost to 12.8%.

Improved inventory accuracy and reduced inventory dollars by 14%. Reduced Cost of Goods 4.5%.

Earned consistent Quality Superior ratings and scores from AIB audits, FDA, USDA, GDA, Vetcom regulatory agencies.

Designed & Implemented Quality Systems Program to meet military QAP / ISO9000 standard.

Successfully bid, awarded and started contract packing for US military to supply all MRE jelly / sauces.

Improved production and machine efficiencies by standardizing production lines and eliminating changeovers.

Managed yearly capital improvement projects exceeding $500k.

Provided product pricing formulas and databases with historical labor, overhead and material costing.

Established new product development / costing process resulting in increased revenues for contract and private label packing.

CARDUSA, Inc. November 2001 – March 2002

Consultant- Operations Manager Encoding Facility Hallandale, FL Engaged by company owner to design and start-up new production facility engaged in the process of encoding plastic telephone cards for distribution

throughout USA. Hired & developed 70 management & employee operating team, designed & implemented production flow resulting in over 1m

cards encoded & delivered for customer by deadline, reduced labor costs through process improvements to beat cost per card target. Also created

management organization to operate facility independently with minimal overhead costs. Documented complete Standard Operating Procedures

providing methods & standards for each operating area.

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LSG SKY CHEFS, INC 1980-2001 Manager of Operations- Ft. Lauderdale & West Palm Beach FL #1682/3 May-October2001 Sought out and was assigned increased level of responsibility for $15m Airline Catering facility with 10 domestic and 2 international customers to

improve quality & performance indexes. Assembled and provided leadership for the company “Change Management Team” to install new direction,

leadership & culture to bring Customer Service Center up to LSG/SkyChefs standards.

* Furloughed October 30th 2001 due to industry wide work force reductions resulting from 9/11 attacks.

Manager of Operations – Miami FL #1366 1999-2000

Change based leader committed to modeling behaviors and challenging team members to continuously develop skills to meet goals,

objectives and seek out increasing levels of responsibility.

Leadership position responsible for managing all aspects of operation for $14M CSC; four international, three domestic accounts.

Consistently led 14-member management team in meeting or exceeding the units financial, customer and employee goals.

Successfully developed management team to improve effectiveness and retention with less than 1% turnover for 2 years.

Proven management skills in driving quality ownership to employee base resulting in exceeding quality measurement programs for domestic

accounts and improving standards to meet international business expectations.

Supported unit safety program (CARE) resulting in Safety CSC of the year 1999.

Account Manager – Miami FL #1366 1997- 1998

Responsible for eight key accounts, providing customer service, developing and implementing quality initiatives to continuously

improve customer relations. Key leadership position contributing to the unit’s business strategies.

Standardized processes for maintenance of airline inventories to reduce space requirements.

Trained employees in all depts. To balance equipment, eliminating labor allocated for handling surplus.

Designed perpetual inventory process to provide security & accountability for airline owned liquor.

Insuring compliance to customer performance measurement plans, resulting in improved quality scores.

Developed customer relations creating positive perceptions and feedback.

Implemented internal feedback loop from to provide timely, detailed information to drive continuous improvement.

Introduced cycle time based workstations for the production of liquor / beverage packing.

Developed lead employees by challenging individuals with increasing levels of responsibility improving management control.

BIT team member providing operational support for customer service dept. and relief for Operations manager.

Materials Manager – Miami FL #145 1995-1997

Responsible for all procurement, receiving, storage and delivery of food, catering supplies for $20 million American Airlines account.

Managed American Airlines Class I and II equipment warehouse.

Reduced inventory and dead / obsolete inventory levels resulting in seven “days-on-hand” inventory.

Lowered food costs to make or exceed unit goal of 1.6%

Established decanting program to reduce cardboard in the production areas and increase recycling revenue.

Increased security standards consistently over a time period to reduce access to merchandise storage areas.

Successfully supported startup of key international account South Africa Airways.

Interacted with customer food and beverage department to manage equipment and support operations in C/A and the Caribbean.

Reduced non-food warehouse inventory by 100 pallets.

Implemented “Forward Staging” concept to provide ready to work stations and reduce on-hand inventory.

Established interior delivery schedules for vendors to reduce labor, cycle time and improve materials handling.

Supervisor, Assembly 1993-1995

Responsible for all employees involved in the packing of food, equipment, liquor and beverage carts for 70 AA flights.

Participated in the implementation of Total Cycle Time initiative resulting in improved accuracy, accountability reduced labor.

Provided weekend relief as manager on duty for overnight shift.

Customer Service, Supervisor 1991-1993

Responsible for managing the process of loading and delivery of food and beverage service for 140 American Airlines flights at Miami

International Airport.

Participated in the planning and execution of the opening of Sky Chefs $27 million catering facility.

Improved safety performance with 36 months recorded no A/C accidents.

Introduced process to open communication between flight attendants and SkyChefs improving quality on key Transcon Services.

Assistant Manager, Operations - Atlanta, GA 1991-1993

Promoted to participate with selected management team to open & operate Eastern Airlines 30m / 500k sq.ft catering facility.

Responsible for unit’s information & billing systems. Managed 20 clerical employees: programmers, analysts, data entry, WP

Provided automated materials, labor and equipment analysis reports to provide improved management control.

Reconciled over $600,000 weekly between two computerized billing statements, improving revenue accuracy.

Introduced automated information reports for operational departments to standardize packing and provisioning.

Implemented processes to track revenue for six distinct billing systems to match customers cost centers.

Conceived and established information systems to improve communications for unit of 900 employees and 45 management staff.

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Organized and participated in the screening, interviewing, and training process for 500 applicants.

Planned and implemented startup of three separate food production areas.

Supervisor, Production - Dallas, TX 1985-1987

Responsible for all hot food production and packing for over one hundred American Airline domestic meal flights.

Responsible for planning and organizing all aspect of charter service for the Dallas Cowboys NFL team.

Successfully implemented utilization of tailored computer data to control requisition, production, and packing, reducing food cost.

Implemented high cost tracking and control system to reduce food cost variance.

Supervised 40 employees who assembled support equipment and provided heavy duty cleaning for the unit.

Developed / implemented cleaning schedule for 100,000 SF facility, reducing cleaning supplies by 30%.

Education and Professional

Computer proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Vista, Office (Excel, Word, Power point, Outlook, Access, Multitasking)

scheduling and business presentation software in addition to other applications. Internet friendly, IBM System 38

AS 400 administration, Traverse, BPCS & ORACLE operating systems.

Numerous Professional Education and Certified seminars courses and classes including; SQF Practioner, Root Cause

Analysis and Cause Mapping Certified, Business Writing, Food Service and Sanitation, HACCP, Safe Quality Food,

OSHA Safety Training, Total Quality Leadership, PACE, Safety Observation Program, Principles of Fair Employment,

Building Supervisory Skills, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Administrative Management Training, Right to Know, Developing

High Performance Teams, Front Line Leadership, Instructor Training Course, Emerging Leader Program, FDA Food

Safety & Security Bio Terrorism, Employers Guide to Union Organizing Campaigns and the Dale Carnegie Leadership

Vision Course. Trained and effective liaison for all Private & Governing Regulatory agencies including FDA, USDA,

GDA, AIB, SQF/BRC, DSCP, Vetcom, and others. Personal & Professional References available upon request.

Herb Sodel Owner & President Modern Packaging (Retired) Boca Grande FL.

Mark Rochman Owner & President CARDUSA Ft Lauderdale FL.

Brad Howard Owner & President Suzanna’s Kitchen Duluth GA.

Bob Hadraba Owner & President PhotoPac Chicago IL

Len Backes Owner & President LenMar Inc. Duluth GA.

Harry Hungny Owner & President Flextek Corporation Westfield NJ.

Peter Garlock Owner & President Garlock Company Gardner MA.

Michael Lefler Owner & President Supreme Oil/Admiration Foods Englewood NJ.

Brad Mathias President M.R.S. Companies Midvale OH.

Daniel Weicher President Inland PP Corporation Brooklyn, NY

Brian King President Royal Food Products Indianapolis IN.

Greg Stagnitto President Highland Wholesale Foods Stockton CA.

Adam Kligerman President ABC Ventures San Ramon CA.

Karl Kaiser President Diamond Crystal Brands Savannah GA.